Data for Moorhead, MN  56560  Clay County
Station # 21-5586-1 (MORM5)
Keith, Observer
December-10
Season Fwd									29.41	18.6	7		1758	644
Obs Time 10P...Normals Fargo WSO 1971-2000										Hail/Snow		Wtr				HDD July-Jun…....CDD Jan-Dec
Date	Max	Min	Obs	Avrg	N Hi	N Lw	Norm	Deprt	Pre	Fell	Grnd	Eq	HDD	CDD	Sky	Description Of Weather
1	12	0	0	6	26	11	18	-12	Trace	Trace	6		59	0	Pc	Lgt flurries early am..Clearing afternoon.
2	12	-5	-2	4	26	10	18	-14	Trace	0.1	6		61	0	Pc	Ice crystals/lgt snow  3-4am..again 9-11am.
3	17	-5	15	6	25	10	18	-12	0.18	1.9	8		59	0	Cdy	Snow 1pm on. Light winds
4	15	5	5	10	25	9	17	-7	0.02	0.3	8		55	0	Pc	Snow early AM..PC afternoon..Light winds.
5	19	2	13	11	25	9	17	-6	Trace	0.2	8		54	0	Cdy	Lgt flurries ending 1pm..
6	15	0	3	8	24	8	16	-8	Trace	Trace	8		57	0	Pc	Lgt flurries AM.Clear aftn. Dense fog pm.
7	10	-3	9	4	24	8	16	-12	Trace	Trace	8	0.88	61	0	Pc	Dense fog/frost am. Cldy pm light ice crys/sn
8	11	4	11	8	23	7	15	-7	Trace	0.2	8		57	0	Cdy	Flurries AM thru noon.
9	35	11	16	23	23	7	15	8	0.02	Trace	7		42	0	Cdy	Sleet/Flurries AM..
10	16	5	6	11	23	6	14	-3	0.06	1.3	8		54	0	Cdy	Snow 7-10am and again 10:00-11pm
11	6	-7	-7	0	22	6	14	-14	0.01	0.2	8		65	0	Pc	Light snow mid-3am. Clearing afternoon.
12	-2	-12	-11	-7	22	6	14	-21	0.00	0.0	8		72	0	Su	Cldy early then Sunny and cold.
13	8	-15	8	-3	21	5	13	-16	0.00	0.0	8		68	0	Pc	Cold AM..rising temps through 10:30
14	17	8	16	13	21	5	13	0	0.00	0.0	7		52	0	Cdy	Warmer with light winds.
15	21	14	18	18	21	4	13	5	0.17	1.7	9		47	0	Cdy	Snow 1pm on. Light winds. Icy streets.
16	19	6	6	13	20	4	12	1	0.13	1.1	10		52	0	Cdy	Snow ending 4am. Steady to falling temps
17	13	4	12	9	20	4	12	-3	0.01	0.2	10		56	0	Cdy	Light snow 5am through 2pm
18	15	6	7	11	20	3	11	0	Trace	0.1	9		54	0	Cdy	Light snow 3am, 6am.(up to 7:20am)
19	10	-3	-3	4	20	3	11	-7	0.00	0.0	9		61	0	Cdy	Cldy and cold. Partial clearing Pm.
20	24	-3	24	11	19	2	11	0	0.54	5.5	14		54	0	Cdy	Snow 10:30am thru 11pm. Fz drizzle late pm
21	25	14	14	20	19	2	10	10	0.08	1.3	15		45	0	Cdy	Freezing rain then snow Am ending 2pm.
22	16	12	16	14	19	2	10	4	0.00	0.0	15		51	0	Cdy	Cloudy..Steady temperatures.
23	23	16	22	20	18	1	10	10	0.13	1.6	16		45	0	Cdy	Snow 1pm on.
24	23	11	11	17	18	1	10	7	0.06	1.1	17		48	0	Cdy	Snow ended around 5am..Then again late aftn
25	11	2	2	7	18	1	9	-2	Trace	0.4	14	2.16	58	0	Cdy	Fluffy snow AM with some ice crystals pm.
26	9	0	8	5	18	0	9	-4	Trace	Trace	14		60	0	Pc	Light snow/Hoar frost this morning.Fair aftern.
27	27	6	18	17	17	0	9	8	0.00	0.0	14		48	0	Su	Windy and cold..Rising temps high midnight.
28	31	12	25	22	17	-1	8	14	0.00	0.0	14		43	0	Su	Fair, windy and much warmer..
29	33	12	33	23	17	-1	8	15	0.00	0.0	14		42	0	Cdy	Mostly cloudy..Fog with rising temps pm.
30	33	0	0	17	17	-1	8	9	0.38	4.6	17		48	0	Cdy	Freezing rain Am..Snow with blizzard cont pm
31	4	-5	4	0	16	-1	8	-8	0.25	4.8	19		65	0	Cdy	Snow early AM then again late aftn thru pm.
Monthly Summary
	Max	Min		Avrg			Norm	Deprt	Pre	Ha/Sn	Grnd		HDD	CDD	Days	Recap
Total	528	92													Su	Dec was colder than normal and above
															3	normal in precipitation. Blizzard conditions
Avrg	17.0	3.0		10.0			12.5	-2.5					55	0	Pc	end of the month. For the year we were 10.26
High	35	16						Total	2.04	26.6			1693	0	8	inches above normal. Warmest day was Aug.
Low	-2	-15						Norm	0.57						Cdy	27 with 94 and the coldest day was Jan 2
								Deprt	1.47						20	with -31.
								% Nrm	357.9%
Yearly Summery
								Total	31.45	45.2			3451	644
								Norm	21.19	46.7
								Deprt	10.26	-1.5
								%Nrm	148.4%	96.8%